Means for adjusting from a distance any desired objects.



H. BARKHAUSEN & P. KAMINSKI. MEANS EOE ADJUSTING FROM A DISTANCE ANY DESIRED o'EJEcTs.

APPLICATION TILED DEC. 24, 1910.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED B11024, 1910. 1 1 23 061 Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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MEANS FOR, ADJUSTING FRGM A DISTANCE ANY DESIRED OBJECTS. APPLICATION FILED DEO.24,1910.

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To all whom it mgy concern I j Be it' known that we, H'ninlnon .BARK- HA'UsEN and Pam. KAMINSKI, subjects of the German Emperor, andrespectlvelyresiding at-Charlottenburg and; Spandau, near Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for .Ad-

justing from a Distance any Desired Ob- 'jec'ts, ofwhich the following is' a specification. J Our invention relates to an arrangement for adjusting from a distance or regulating. objects or devices by means-of signaling n any desired manner, and a primary object l' is to increase the e'Xfactnessof such a ,djustme'nts to'anyidesired' extent. I

' The invention;primarily,eonsistsin providing the member which is to beadjusted rom a distance with at least two adjusting In addition, the adjustingdevices must be able to-lbe Iltctuated in succession in any; desired orderor simultaneously; 1t'1s .hOW.

ever, immaterial whether one or more of themare; driven. for thetime being by a 3-5 Positive. ,"bnnection, .e. g. through the me* di f m..-9fer nother object-of the-invention is to conmechanically the various adjusting .des in seriesinsu'ch manner that the following ad usting device 'in each "instance admits of more exact adjustment within the ndividual stages or stepsof adjustment of theffl previou's adjusting device. In this manner it is possible to make the-final adinpra'ctice. The adjusting devices -may be dr1ve n manuallv or-bymotive force, or both modes of dr vi-n may, be; simultaneously .-;'ava,.11ab1e in ordei' BQjVlsG, compressed-air, steam or water under pressurefcan be employed for the adjustmeat. In practice, the adjustingdevice of the" next-stage together with its driving means will generally be carried by the previn Speci flcationpf l'ie 'tt'er's'l i'ete'nt Application mea December 24, 1910. sear-1 no. s aa', iza.

'ous' devicei devices, of which-gone is, for rough adjustf ment, while, the other enables thememb'er .j-ustm'ent in' each case asexact as is required 'have-a reserve. Likej adjustment. ,The ad, ,r nade the invention, when electric transmission de-' vices are utilized, in which the senders-and receivers operate synchronously, and when '55 H scan-"also serve; either with or without-positive connection by means. of. wheel'gearing or the like ,'.-1for making the}: adjustment in one and thesame stage finer. The adjusting device may be manually: operated either according to -signalsxtransinitted optically or acoustically to the place. where the deviceito be adjusted is erected, I or they may be adjusted withthe aid of spe-. 'cial transmission of power from the place either the receiver itself isaem ployed for actuating: the-adjusting devices by motive power, orat least the driving motorsare controlled by means of the receivers of sucl r transmission devices.- a I The lnventlon also comprehends the .ar-

r'angement of indicating'devices which are located in immediate proximityto the mem berto be adjusted and are each provided with a suitable scale which renders -V1S1ble the signals either as numbers or colors, or Q,

by means of special marks. -Owing to the necessity of having number ad acent to number, color beside color or mark beside mark'when the adjustment is correct, the

possibility of incorrect adjustments .is pre: vented asmuch as possible. 0t course when a plurality of adjusting dev1cesare connected in series which, as mentioned'above,

are supported upon each other, these 'indicating "devices must be attached to" the members of the preceding stage each case-and be moved by them. Further,'accordingto the invention, when usingv electric transmis S1011 of signals and synchronous senders and rece1vers,-we prov de. beside each principal;

ceiver, an auxiliary signaling system which likewlse comprises a sender, and a-rece1ver.

signaling system comprising sender and re,-

operating synchronously therewith, whose range of adjustment is, however, muchsmaller than the range of adjustment ofthe principal signaling system, so that many .revolutions of the pomtfiin the auxiliary system are necessary in or r to bring about stment corresponding to only one n of the pointer in the principal g system. In addition, we arrange of the receiver scales of the two additional pointers which are conor example, by gears having a ratio mission in proportion to the range :tments of the two si aling' sys- .hen, if the second pomter of the 1 receiver is placed opposite the l pointer, the second pointer of iliary system will indicate f quite ven quite small deviations from exstment, and. it is readily possible, leans of a manually-operated crank, :t the error by placing the second at the auxiliary scale opposite its 1 pointer. In this manner indijustments at thereceiver can be ocorrespond as exactly as possible d ustment of the sender. Lastly, g to the invention, non-agreement .oment when the second pointer exr'ees in position with the principal at the auxiliary receiver in the arnt last described, is rendered peroptically oracoustically by closing .it of a signal by way of a'contactl the auxiliary receiver.

aventionis digrammatically illusy .way of example in the accomdrawings, wherein a 1 is an elevation, parts being away, showing s ight adjusting aving a plurality. of adjusting destages .cf-' adjustment. .The other w details of means shown in Fig. enlarged scale. LQWS the details tinfg device in-Fig. 1; Fig. 3 i's.--'an o the pointer and indicating dial L; F g. 4 is a plan of the driving F the fifth adjusting device in Fig.

is an elevation showing the sender an-and Fig. -6 isa like view of the m of the contact apparatuses at v'ers in Fig. 7; Fig; 7 is 'a plan the completed d'ri device of l adjusting device-Jilin %ig. land ows, enlarged, the contactdevice; .heforms shown'in'Figs. 6 and 7;

a'planshowin thkaelectricaltrztns device; indicated in the ninth ad twice in Fig. 1; Figs. :10 and'll are vations oi the sender and receiver, ely, and Fig. 12 shows details of gh't which isito' be adjusted is desiglch occur frequently-and are diller- Jyappended numerals. Like numgnate that the parts belong to the listing device, and letters without arical index are used in the text 0;

of the fourth stage .1. Other large and smallfor designating equivalent the description fdr the sake of sim licity as a common designation of all equivalent parts; for example, the .varlous driv ng mo-.- tors 'M M M and so on are deslgnated ,briefiy as motors M when all the motors are'referred to.

The individual figures 'will now be described.

Referring firstly to Fig.1, ten members them. :The member B forms thebase of the entire system and carries the entire ad-' justing apparatus, because the other auxiliary parts or elements are all attached to.

their members B. Each member 13 and the part appertaining to it, whose connection, as mentioned above, is' indicated by similar numerals, forms an adjusting device of the kind according. to our invention. Accord-- ingly, the individual adjusting devices are .connected in series. They can be moved by crank handles 0 of which only 0,, C C are "shown in Fig. 1 and wheels or gears D which may all be driven by motive power, e. g. as shown in the illustrative embodiment,

' bydirect'current motors M which may ,be

connected to the feeders L, and controlled by meansof the controllers. N. Thus the movement of the devices by'the crank ban dles by .hand may remain only for emergency. The adjustment is brought about gradually by means of a number of stages or steps, on the basisof indications which are made visible by means of the sender devices More particularly,

G'or I .at the indicating devices H or K, re-' spectively, arranged in the operators room. Any desired system of transmission and also any suitable constructional form of the sending and receiving apparatuses, may be employed as these do not, in themselves, form. a part of the invention and do not in any way in'fluencethe construction of the adjusting devices according to the invention.

The adjusting members B are each 'providedwithia' rack bar E in 'which'their respective gear wheels engage. The. member B of the top'adjusting device has two such 11 rack bars, namely, at the-right-hand a coarse one E which the gea-r' l) meshes, and at the left-hand a fine one E, with which the gear ,D. meshes, while the remaining m'em her-s3 each have only one rack bar. The 12 gears D, and D are moved by'crank ha n-' dles C and C, respectively. The adjustment is brought about firstly with approxi-- mate exactness by turningthe-j cra-nk handle C, and'subsequently with greater exactness 1 .by turning the'crank'handle C. -.At the side of the rdugh adjustment a motor M having. a controller N is provided for accelerating this adjustmentji'r'desired. j 1

G,, H, and G, H- are respectively the 0 two gears 1),, D,

handles C 0, and the signaling devices G H, andG H in themselves are a' complete adjusting device according to the invention, and .form the simplest constructional form of the invention. Fig. 1 shows, however, an

adjusting apparatus comprising a very large number of stages or adjusting devices, of

' which the adjusting devices 0', D and C D,-','--'together-with the motor M are carried on brackets a a or on plates 6,, b by a second adjustable member B As this member,

' the illustrative embodiment and'as mentioned above, has only one rack bar E,, the

gear D, carried by thebracket and plate 0. b, on the third member B, suffices for its ad ustment, said. gear '1), being ableto'be' moved by hand by a crank handle 0,- or -through the medium of a motor M by the controlling device N Theadjustment is secured a stage at.a time by -a spring catch 05,.Wl1l0h snaps into notches provided on B.

.; .The adjusting devices for the member B differ from thosefor the member B, only in that the crank handle is omitted, it being assumed that. this member shall 'efiect', as compared with the member B,, a rough adjustment and therefore it suflices to drive it by the motor M hose speed is, however, reduced by worm gearing 6,.

,For-adjusting the member the signalingdevice G, H we provide a signaling device which operates with direct current and whose sender 1,, works synchro-- nously .withthe receiver'IQ. This signaling device -serves simultaneously for connecting 13,, has of wholly ence dicabe described more detailed herein tors mentioned in the beginning; the indicator is arranged close beside a scale S, on the part to be adjusted, e. B,, and, by indicating the agreement'of the pointers on the indicating device and scale, it prevents incorrect adjustments. The indicator T, 1:;

carried by the member B As driving means we again provide an electric motor M, which may be controlled by a controller N, and which moves a gear D, meshing with rack bar E, provided on the member 13,. An emergency driving device is also indicated by a crank handle C, and a step locking device is also indicated The adjusting device for the member B is similar to the previous devic es only in so far as, for ascertaining the signals, an indicator T similar to the indicator T, is provided, which is carried by the member B,,, a e. the last movable member of the series, and it cooperates with a scale S on member 3,. Otherwise, the constructional form difi'er's from the previously described devices, because the member B represents a piston which is movable in the member B, and is lifted with the aid of a centrifugal pump P driven; by the motor M which pump delivers water under pressure, compressed air or other ,fluids into the cylinder. B

Lastly, for adjusting the member. 13,, we provide a worm gear comprising horizontal worm wheel E and worm D,,. t is to be trical devices operated from a distance whichcomprise synchronously running recircuit' the motor llL'as the circuit of this -ceivers and, besides the principal pointers motor contains two sliding contacts f, which closetheinotor. circuit-only in definite'posi 'tionsi ;The' other devices are the same as thosefo'rith'emember B For thejmember B we provide a some- 1 what more complicated adjusting means -(se efF g 1)., whose essential feature is that the receivers of two synchronously-operat- "ingelectrical adjusting devices 1,, K and K -are utilized for moving the'adjustinggea'r and admit of a rough and a fine 8d,] ustinent' of; the principal, gear D 'withi'n thesame range of adjustment ,of B by way oftwo adjustable intermediate gears 0 O",

"whichare independent1pf eachother and which have suitable fratiosof transmission.

:This form .of adjusting means is 'shown in Figs, 3 and 4 and will be descr'bed. more detailed hereinafter. For adjusting the means which adjust: in three stages,*-- and which are, electrically controlled themselves and control electrically, the g motor member weiphovidee,, a, of the receivers have additional pointers 9,, g, which can be positively adjusted with the aid of multiple gearing and a specially-provided vice 18 more particularly described hereinafter with referehceto Figs. 9 to 12 which show the details of the same.

The principal features of the apparatus drank handle la. This deshown in Fig. .1 will now be understood. The remaining figures,-which show enlarged adjusting devices '13,, B and B clearly show that all the adjusting devices shown -in Fig. 1 may exist independently and be sendpemdeyicesi, andilii the armatures-"of iving apparatuses and K,,, which 'trically connected by means of the Z and Z 4 with the senders, are driven neously and with the same angular i. e. synchronously. The 'rack B,

ed wheel, worm wheel and a worm by the motor M The motor itself tolled by way'of slip rings 1, by the r K,,. Obviously, the fine and rough nent devices can "be operatedin any order.- adjusting device according to Figs. 3 differs from the corresponding repreon of the adjusting" device B shown 1 only in that the dial 1 having 2 and 3 forthe pointers 4 and 5 is The pointers are arranged concen- 7 in the'manner customary in clocks, inter 4 being fast on the hollow shaft an by the motor K, for rough adjustwhile the pointer 5 is fast on the shaft ected with the motor K, for fine adnt. The hollow shaft 6 also carries "st ,wheel 8 of the gearing 0,, whose wheel 9 drives the shaft 12 carrying 31.11). driving wheel D5; the first wheel the gearing Di -whose second wheel drives the shaft 12 of the wheel 1),,

contrary, is fast on theshaft 7 The 5r which is to be adjusted isv driven by ieel D inthe manner described above efer ence to Fig. 1. 'The independence l ad usting devices from one another :served here .also. For example the er tobe adiusted may first be adjustmeans of the device I, for rough adant, when the adjusting device K towith its axle-6 and the .pointer' i' be setas accurately as the condi ions oint, e. g.between.

t to the desired mbers 7 and 5. hen the second ad- 52 device I will be operated, so that lju'sting device K 5 together with the F and pointer 5 is now set to the ded'igit 5 on the dial, whereasit may previously been rotated, in consequence e-coriiiee'tion of the shaft'6 with the "a'nd the shaft 12, and have re 5d stationary at a position, say-at the er 6 or 7, near the desired position. orrection of the position of the pointer ultaneously corrects the position of the er 4 and, consequently, of the device adiusted connected with the pointer e wheel-D so that the device "to be ad- 1 may be considered as adjusted with cut accuracyr j, v th reference tot-the following two ar-.

that, with t e exception of some principal signaling systems.

rangements, of means shown in Figs. 5 to 11, in the description of-Fig. 1 so little has been said regarding them and they have so little direct relation to the other figures 7t the receivers of" the is provided. The motor M acts through the medium of the worm s on the devices, vshown in Fig. 1, which are to be adjusted. It simultaneously drives, through the medium of a pinion. f, a set of gears a5, a a which are coupled in such manner by means'of smaller'gears g,, 9 arranged on the axles 71,, z, of the two former gears that I one revolution of the gear a, causes the gear a to rotate one-tenth of a revolution, and one revolution of the gear a causes the gear a, to rotate one-tenth of a revolution. Dials 12,, 6,, b, which are marked with the various scales for the division of the movement, the

. units being marked on the first, the tens on the second 'and the hundreds on the third, are arranged co-axially with the gears. Contact arms m m m, which have on their free forked ends two contacts '70,, In, (Fig. 8) which are connected. by conductors 72. h arranged inside the axles ,11 i, and by slip rings nwith two poles of a direct current system, are fast on the axlesof the gears. The axles 6,, 6 2, of the gears are .hollow and arranged within them are the axles 0 0,, 0a of three receiving devices. K K'.,, K",,, moved in any desired manner by the sending apparatuses I I I, of the sender station. The axles of these receiving devices carry pointers 2' 2 z -wh1ch move in front of the dials b5, b

'6, and between the contacts 70,, k Th three pointers-are connected by way of r 11F si'stances-w 'w with ,one another and the last pointer z, is connected by wayof the 'coilsw,', m of a double acting relay 1' ,to the two poles of the direct currentfsystem. -The armature u of this relay influences the motor- M in such manner, through the medium of double contacts 3 connectedwith the system, that the motor receives current'of different direction according to the position of the armature for the time being and rotates correspondingly. Y l

The sending devices I 'I' I",, are connected' together, (see Figs. 5 and 7) in a.

manner similar to that ,inwhich the adjust ing devices K K' 'K", are connected.

Namely, pinio'ns e e,.are fast on the axles 9' of the unit sending devices I and I',; these pinions meshwith gears 6,, e,-, respectively, loose'on the axles 0' and 0' the ratio of transmission being selected 1:10 for" each pairofwheelsa Further, the axles 0 and 0 qarry faston them wheels V and V each l auinggloi nctches, in whichlevers 9 and q, fulcrnnied on the loose-gearsie and 7 e respeeti've'lfi-engage. Dialsb 6' 6' 10 not shown in Fig.-5i for the sake-ofcle'a'rness, arearranged-fconcentricallywith the axles.

. In consequence of the coupling bymeans oi toothed or notched wheels the entire apparatns can be adjustedon the one hand by the-"unit s adjusting device I, or by this and the-zdevice \I' or on the other hand. by separately rot ting'all the devices. .By turn; g the sendingdevices l 1' I", as desired, the armatures and axles of the receivin devices K,, K K '5 have imparted to th in a rotarymotion which firstly I "causes-one 0 vmore-of the pointers 2 2 a,,

to lie agains one-of the'contacts k is, and

. 5 short-circuit? neof the coils m, or m, of the relay,so thatthe other coil nowattracts the rentby fwayolt' the corresponding contact y and brings about the adjustment of the Stance if pointer a, contactswith the contact k which-may be connectedto the nega I tive pole of i the direct current, system then V coil x is shortcircuited,because the current 'flows from the positive feeder over coil 4B r s ng 87 1 29 u PQi 1; Contact n [conductor k to'thenegative feeder.

'ture u and-therebythrows. the feeders onto contacts y 'ofthe motor'circuit which causes the moton tof run in a certain direction,

"whereas when armature u closes contacts 3 themotor receives current in "the other diy the position of the pointer-a comes intoitfquestion ,the" other pointers are either r o trolled-by the same tension, or the di-fjerence' infpotential'isnegatived. in the re- 'sistancesE' w' ,'w, and these prevent the two feeders of the system being short circuited At ,the."same time as the. adjustment com mences, the motor M sets theentire' gearing 5. 731a,; 9 2,1925- a in motion, so that the gear 1 a rotates in- 'the direction of the motion of .the device. 1 ."un' '1 it finally arrives in a position, in which t e pointer 2,, leaves the J contact'a'gainst which it was lying. Th -re, Flay =1" now-obtains; no current from the operate,-the sameopera'tion withrega'rd to the gear a, and thez-appertaining pointer contact is repeated, so that'the motor M,, re-

e lceives' current again and a direction which equalizes ,'-within the limits of possiiarmature "wand the motor M receives curinsuch manner that the-"aluxiliany principal sender revolution over the .entire range. of adjust- Coil "a being 'then' energized. attracts the arma .of' the gear-'1' on the principal sender I den and-runs the reverse: way; At first -;pointer' 2 Ifthe second sending device I f bility of the first fine adjustment, the error which remained in the first rough adjustment. The pointer 2 is then also placed between its contacts 12,, la, and the relay 7' obtains nomore current by way of it. The third sending 'device I is now operated, actuates the relay 1- andconsequently the motor M, afresh and also equalizes the error which remained from the second adjustment. The finaLadjustment brought about by the motor M is now effected to exactly 1/100th of a revolution of the rough -adjusting device I K" When large motors are used an automatic starting device will be'provided insteadof the relay 1-.

- In Figs. 9 to 12 the designations 1,, I

-. for the senders, K K for the receivers,

'- for.their.' principal pointers, 9,, 9

for t e additional pointers and is for the crank handle ,at the receiving apparatus indicatethe 6011118031011026 these parts with sending and reoeiv ing device for rough ad.-" justment' and I ,,'K',denotexthe sending and receivingdevice for the :more accurate H o v adjustment. The sending devices I 1 ,111, I eb 'member which is to :be,-movedi .For in- I, rotates, for examIpl'e, 'ten times tvhile' ehe moves "within one ment. The sending device is" driven by" means of a crank handle'm which first acts 103 through the medium of a"worm, wheel 4:. on the auxiliary sender I and by means In spiteof the scale divisions on the two dials being alike in general, in consequence of the ratio of transmission of. the gearing connecting the two pointers the adjustment on the dial'j) can be-read-with an exact nes's' which is increased in proportion to this ratio of transmission. concentrically with these two dials are arranged addi- 12.0 tional pointers g5, gf fcoupled by a secondgear 9' of-the same ratio of transmission as that of .the; sendergsystem and connected with the member to be adjusted; When the crank handle '70 which. acts through the 11% mediu'm of a wormwheel s on the additional pointer g5, is turned so that the pointers g, and 9., register with the pointers a, and {2%, respectively, bothfthe two additional points ers and also thezdevi'ce connected therewith.

top-the position indicated by perated by the transmitter.

tomatically to control the cor- :nt of the auxiliary second a arrange on the axle of the i-ver K a dial u, shown septhe receiver' K in Fig. 12,

mularinterrupted contact bar ect position is obtained; also,

ant may be such that the bell en the two additional pointers aeir appertaining marks;

r adjusting an object from a rising a movable support and members controllable from a member. adapted to move said ;abl e distance along one given direction, the range of motion d members, except the lower- -fractional'part of the range me of the other members.

m adjusting an object from a vrising a movable support, and members controllable from a- ,ovin'g said support, said memdjusting'means and transmiseach of said devices compris-f.

tt e'r and a receiver connected ponding adjusting means, the

ida'pted to move said object suitable distance in either dime of motion of one ofsaid g a, fractional part of the mothe other members.

r adjusting obj ectsfrom a dissing a support, having a plubers supported by each other,-

ada ted to move in suitable :r direction, relatively to itsember, the range of motion of member constituting 'a' frac-. tionof its supporting member r1 independently moving and dependently controlling from s extent of-relative motion of r adjusting objects from a'dis- 5mg a support, having aplubers supported by each other, adapted to move in suitable steps in either direction relatively to its supporting member, the range of motion of the supported 'member constituting a frac-' tion of the motion of its supporting member, means for independently operating each member 'and electrically controlled transmission devices for independently controlling from a distancethe extent of relative motion of each member.

5. Means for adjusting an object from a distance, comprising a movable support, and

a plurality of members controllable from a distance for moving said support, said members having ad usting means and electrlcal transmission dev ces, each of sa1d devices comprising a transmitter and a receiver moving synchronously with the transmitter and connected with a corresponding adjusting means, each of the adjusting means being adapted to move its member step by step a suitable distance in either direction, the range of motion produced by one of said means being a fractional part of the motion produced by one of the other means, and

conductors for connecting \the transmitter and the recelver.

- 6. 'Means'for adjusting an object from a distance, comprising a movable support, a plurality. of 'members controllable from a distance for moving said support, said mem-- bers having adjusting means and electrical transmission devices, each of said devices comprising a transmitter and a receiver moving synchronously with the transmitter and connected with a corresponding adjusting means, each of the adjusting means heing adapted to move its memberstep by step a suitable distance in either direction, the

range of motion produced by one of said means being a fractional part of the motion produced by one of the other means, win 4 ductors for connecting the transmitter and amount of adjustment.

7. Means. for adjusting an object from a distance, comprising a movable support having a plurality. of members mutually supporting each other, each: individual member adapted tomove. in suitable steps in "either direction relatively to the next lower memthe receiver, and means for indicating the her, the range of motion ofeach member constituting a. fraction of the motion of' the 'next' lower I member, and means" operated from a distance for controlling the movement of said members.

8. Means for adjusting an object from a distance, comprising a movable' support having a plurality of membersmutually supporting each other, each individual member [adapted to move in suitable steps in either vdirection relatively to the next lower nie'm her, the range of motion of each member '.'constituting a fractional part of the motion of the next lower member, andtransmission devices for said memberseach com- V prisin' aftransmitter arranged'at a distance freceive'r operatedby said transmitter and nnectedto its member.,

distance, comprising a movable support having.a pluralityof members mutually supporting each other,each individual memv bei' adapted to move in suitable steps in eitherfdirection relatively to the next lower memben t'he range of motion of each member constituting "a fraction of the motion of the next-lower member, and electricaltransmiss'ion devices ,.=each comprising a adapted to move iin sjuitable steps in either .directionrelativelyf tothe next lower member-,- the range f; motion of each member constituting a ractifon of the motion of the 'nextlowerfniember, means operatedfrom a i distancesfa the members, amount' ffm iiiOfeach member.

" justing an object from a nd mea'ns fonindicating the ra-Mean {distance comprising i-a' 'fmovable support hav- "ingag fpluralityf'of members mutually sup- 351.1adapted'tomov'in-suitable steps in either.

' adapted to move in .suitable 's indicating the and connected Witli -on of 'sa V 13. Means" for adjiistin fa thi 'dlstance, comprising a movable supp rt,-; 4 motorfor'm'oving said support in" suitabl electrical means j adapt porting each other, each individual member direction, the range of'motion of eachmember constituting fractional part of themotion of the next lower member, transmis--" sion devices for said members each co'mpris mg a transmitter arranged at a distanceand'a receiveroperated by said transmitter,

and means for indicatingftheifamount of mo}? tion of each member. i ."12. Means for adjusting'an f obje om distance, comprising'ia-mo'vabl'e si'ipp ing a' plurality of members mu porting each other,'-eachind "d direction, the range of --m'otioii, 'f ber constituting; a fraction-65th the next lower membenand elec mission devices, each'com'prising ter arranged at a ;distanc e and moving synchronously withithet" members, 1c' 'o transmitter an member.

steps in either direction, a lil ity 0 operation; of said motorans for adjusting an object from a trolling the movement'- of n roi; th -1.. Coar I,

fine adjustment of the support, each of controlling means comprising a transmitter arranged at a distance and a receiveroperated by said transmitter and adapted to control said motor. r

- 14:. Means for adjustinganob ectfrom a distance, comprising amovable support, a

motor for moving saidsupport in suitable steps in either direction, a plurality of e 0-- trical means adaptedto controlithe'open ation of saidmotor, consisting of 'ooarse controlling means causing motor operation'j for adj ustin-gthe support approzrimate'ly full steps, and fine controlling means ans-'1' ing motor operation for exact adjnstmentj n' fractions of said. steps, eaeh of said coarse and fine controlling. m"

sy mpr ins a transmitter arranged at;

a distancefl and a receiver operated by said transmitter and adaptedto control said motor, andmeans for interconnecting said controlling meansrizw 15. Means-for, adjusting an object' a distance, comprising:iaj.- inoyablesupport, a

motor for movin g said support in suitable steps'in either directiom'a plurality ofelectrical meansjadapted tjo control the oper-.

ation of said-motor, consisting of coarse. com 7 trolling means caus ng motor operatiomfor adjusting the support approximately in full steps, and fine controlling means ca-using}:

motor operation for exact adjustment" fractions of said steps, each of said coarse and fine controlling -means comprising'fia'ff g v transmitter arranged at a distance, and-are ter and the receiver and means for intercon necting said coarse and fine controlling means. ,7

16. Means for 'adjusting 'an object 1. distance, comprising a movable 'supp ffi motor for movingsaid su port 11in suitable "steps Sin either direction;a-plflralitfi;of elec-v ;t 'rical means adapted to] ontroll'thefilopersf" fation; of said ffmotor, 'co' controlling means. "causing motor bplatlon i 4 (1 byan'di iamount-ofadiu tment 7"T,.Mea'nsfor adj ng an oble-ctwfidmia lectrical motor for 1 oti'i'rig-s id support-in suitable step'sineither direction, a-pl'u'rality' .of electrical meansladapted to control"the or adjusting the support approximatelyin'; .full steps, andfine: controlling means caus- I 'ng--,motor- =operation for .exact adjustment 5 smittersfconductors' connecting said,

. d stan'ce, comprising- -m vable suppprg afiflid motor, consisting of coarse aans causing motor operation the support approximately in l fine controlling means causration for exact adjustment in id steps, each of said coarse ;rolling 'means comprising a rranged at .a distance and a ated by and synchronously smittenconductors connecting er and the receiver, means for or adjusting an object from a prlsing a movable support, a means controlled from a dis djusting said support and ve it insuitable steps in either range of motion controlled by 7 :ans being. a fractional part of ntrolled by one of the other plurallty of rectifying means 1 the object to be adjusted, for adjustment, the range of cor- )lled by one means being a as. v v or adjusting an object from a prrsmg a movable support, a

neans controlled from a dis- 1 stmg said support and adapted.

bject in suitable steps in either range of motion controlled by sans being a fractional part of ntrolled by one or: the other ility of rectifying means con he object to be adjusted for adjustment, the range of corby'one means being. a frac- E the correction n of the other cans for interconnecting said ifying T'Ineans for causing a movement of the. rectifying r direction, the ran e of aft-1' rolled by one of sa1d meanslonal part of the range conof the other means, a plurality means connected with the ob-' isted, each adapted to correct v Q the adjustment, the range of correction con-.

trolled by one of the range means.

21. Means f distance, comprising a movable support, a' motor for moving sa1d support 1n steps nr means being a fractional part of correction of the other or adjusting an object from at either direction, a plurality of electrical means for controlling sa1d motor .cons1st1ng of coarse controlling means .causlng-motor operation for I adjusting the support approximately in full steps, and fine contr ol- I ling means causing motor operation in frac- 4 tions of said steps for exact adjustment, each of said coarse and fine controlling means comprising a transmitter arranged at a d1stance, and a receiver operated by the trans- .mitter' and connected to said motor, a pmrality, of rectifying means connected with the object to be adjusted, each adapted to correct the amount of support, the range oftional part of correction given by one means being a frac-.

the correction. of one of the other means, means forinterconnecting said different controlling means, and means for interconnecting sa1d difierent rectifying means, for causing a simultaneous-movement v of said controlling and rectifying means re spectively. 22. Means steps in' either for adjusting an object from a t of thecorrection'of one of v distance, comprising a movable support, an electrical motor for moving sa1d support in direction, a plurality of elecmeans, comprising a transmitter arranged at a distance, and a recei synchronously with the. ransmitter, conductors for connecting ft heitransmitter and I the receiver, a plurality of reptifying means perated byand connected with the object tob'e adjusted'each j rect the adjustment its corresponding step, means for interconnecting.

adapted to cor said controllin respectively. 7

' said different controlling means, and means for interconnecting sa1d difierent rectifying means to cause a simultaneous movement of inf g means and rectifying means v In testmiony whereof we have signed our a; names to this specification in the presence Witnesses:

of two witnesses. I

HEINRICH BARKHAUSEN.

PAUL- KAMINSKI.

HENRY Hasrnn,..' WOLDEMAR HAUPT. 

